The GOAT Whisperer: The Man Who Lured Tom Brady To Tampa
The Lead
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🗓️ 5 February 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Before this season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had not been to the playoffs in twelve years, and most of those seasons they weren’t even close. But now, in a remarkable turn of events, the team is heading to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2002. It might seem like a dramatic one-year turnaround, fueled entirely by the signing of Tom Brady. But the team has been quietly building toward a Super Bowl run for some time under GM Jason Licht. Today, The Athletic’s Greg Auman joins us to discuss on how Licht has rebuilt the Bucs from the ground up during his seven years at the helm, and how the team and staff he assembled helped lure Tom Brady to Tampa. Plus: What the Bucs will have to do to upset the Chiefs' juggernaut offense.
Read Greg Auman's full story about Jason Licht:
https://theathletic.com/2339835/2021/01/22/the-goat-whisperer-jason-licht-has-built-a-new-bucs-identity-around-tom-brady/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:32.1 | The Tampa Bay Buckeneers and Tom Brady are going to Super Bowl 55. |
| 0:41.0 | Before this season, the Tampa Bay Buckeneers hadn't been to the playoffs in 12 years, and |
| 0:46.1 | most of those seasons, they weren't even close. |
| 0:48.9 | But now, they're heading to the Super Bowl. |
| 0:51.2 | Today, the Athletics Gret Aumann on how General Manager Jason Light built the bucks from |
| 0:55.7 | the ground up and helped lure Tom Brady to Tampa. |
| 1:05.2 | From wondering on the athletic, I'm Kavita Davidson. |
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| 1:08.9 | It's Friday, February 5th, and this is Dulli. |
| 1:13.3 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:17.5 | It was just something about the emotion and the heart of the game. |
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| 1:38.0 | So Greg, first question, where are you right now? |
| 1:40.7 | I have met the media center for the Super Bowl, which is in the Tampa Convention Center. |
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